More than 100 people are reported dead after a Cuban plane crashed into agricultural lands close to the Jose Marti Airport in Havana shortly after takeoff, Reuters reports.

The details: Initial reports from Cuba's state-run television say that the Boeing 737 was carrying 104 passengers plus a foreign crew en route to the eastern city of Holguin. According to government's newspaper Granma, three passengers have survived and were taken in critical condition to a nearby hospital.